‎Escalation Trap

‎Tibet

‎Why?
‎Ladakh

‎Nepal
‎Mao's Palm & 5 Fingers
‎Bhutan

‎Sikkim

‎Arunachal Pradesh

‎ ajor Dispute - Aksai Chin (Daulat Beg Oldi,

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‎Pangong Tso)

‎Western Sector (Ladakh) ‎India - Johnson Line

‎China - McDonald Line

‎Border Disputes ‎Middle Sector (HP & UK) ‎Minor Dispute - Barahoti Plains

‎Why? ‎Vulnerability of Siliguri Corridor

‎ ajor Dispute - Tawang Tract, Chumbi

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‎Eastern Sector (Sikkim & Ar.P)
‎Valley, Doklam(Bhutan)

‎McMohan Line (Shimla Convention 1914)

‎Greater Male Connectivity Project
‎DSDBO Road
‎ AGAR (Security & Growth for All in the
S I‎ndia's Aspiration - Net Security Provider in
‎Region) ‎IOR ‎India - Maldives
‎Shinku La Tunnel (World's Highest Tunnel)
‎Border Infrastructure
‎ embers - India, Maldives, Sri Lanka,
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‎Colombo Security Conclave ‎Atal Tunnel (World's Longest Tunnel)
‎Mauritius

‎Observers - Bangladesh, Seychelles ‎Nechiphu Tunnel (Arunchal Pradesh)

‎India's Response

‎Project Vartak (Border Roads Organisation)

‎Chabahar - Zaranj - Garland Highway ‎Key to Central-Asia ‎Vibrant Villages Programme

‎India - China
‎Evacuation Project Post-Taliban Takeover ‎Chequebook Diplomacy & Debt Trap ‎White Elephant Projects

‎Operation Sukoon (Lebanon) - 2006 ‎Salami Slicing

‎Operation Devi Shakti

‎Operation Safe Homecoming (Libya) - 2011 ‎India - Afghanistan ‎Wolf-Warrior Diplomacy

‎Other Rescue Operations
‎Operation Raahat (Yemen) - 2015 ‎ SA's Island Chain Strategy (Strategic Navel
U
‎Bashi Channel & Miyoko Strait
‎Bases)
‎Operation Ganga (Ukraine) - 2022 ‎One China Policy
‎ aiwan's Porcupine Strategy (Asymetric
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‎Concerns = Drugs & Cross-Border Terrorism ‎Golden Crescent (PAK - AFG - IRN) ‎Warfare)

‎ or Regulating Hong Kong & Macau (Special

F
‎One Country, Two Systems
‎ art of International Network under UN's
P ‎Administrative Regions) - Basic Law
‎International Maritime Organisation
‎Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre ‎Belt & Road Inititative ‎Revival of Maritime & Land Silk Route
‎ oordinated by Navy or Coast Guard (CG in
C
‎case of India) ‎Chabahar (Iran)

‎Palk Strait ‎China's Policies ‎Duqm (Oman)

‎Katchatheevu Island ‎India - Sri Lanka
‎ elongs to Sri Lanka (Fishermen Detention
B ‎India's "Neckless of Diamonds" Policy ‎Sabang (Indonesia)
‎Issues)
‎Changi (Singapore)
‎Trincomalee Oil Farm ‎ ompanies are moving towards "China Plus
C
‎One" Strategy ‎Assumption (Seychelles)
‎Renewable Energy Grids
‎India's Strategic Interests ‎Malacca Dilemma ‎"String of Pearls" Policy ‎Integrated Theatre Command at A&N
‎West Container Terminal Project
‎India's Increasing Presence in IOR
‎ rotecting Interests of Tamil People in Sri
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‎13th Amendment
‎Lanka ‎ wadar Port - CPEC (Shaksgam Tract) -
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‎CPEC - Kashgar to Gwadar
‎Xinxiang/Tibet Highway

‎ nemonic for India's Neighbors (Decreasing

‎Numaligarh Refinary - High Speed Diesel
‎Siliguri to Parbatipur/Dinajpur (Bangladesh)
M ‎Second Coast Policy with Myanmar
‎Longest Border with India
‎Border Length) - BaChPaN MBA
‎Paracel Islands
‎Bangladesh is Energy Deficient
‎Nine-Dash Line (South China Sea) ‎Spratly Islands
‎Scarborough Shoal
‎India - Bangladesh Friendship Pipeline

‎ ther = Motihari-Amlekhganj Petroleum

O ‎Energy Cooperation
‎Radcliffe Award (1947)
‎Pipeline (IND - NEP) ‎Boundary Agreement

‎Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant (India & Russia)

I‎ndia's ‎LOC - Shimla Agreement (1972) ‎Gilgit - Baltistan (PoK)
‎India - Bangladesh
‎ etup under Concessional Financing
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‎ eighbourhood
N ‎International Water Sharing Principles
‎ armon Doctrine, Campione Rules, Helsinki
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‎Rules, Berlin Rules
‎Maitri Power Plant
‎Scheme (CFS)
‎Signed in 1960 (Brokered by World Bank)
‎Alternate Access Route to North East
‎India - Pakistan
‎Pakistan (ICJ) - Indus, Chenab, Jhelum
‎ ew Routes for Inland Water Transit &
N ‎Partitioning of Rivers
‎Chattogram & Mongla Port (Rupsha Bridge) ‎Multiple Connectivity Initiatives
‎Trade + Port Access
‎India (RBS) - Ravi, Beas, Sutlej

‎Maitri Setu (Feni River)

‎ un-Of-River Hydroelectric Projects without
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‎Storage (Example - Pakal Dul, Ratle, Kiru,
‎Distributary of Barak River ‎MoU on Water Sharing of Kushiyara River
‎Kishenganga) - Annexure D
‎Indus-Water Treaty ‎India's Rights
‎ gricultural, Non-Consumptive & Domestic
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‎Solu Corridor ‎Use

‎Mahakali River ‎Pancheswar Multipurpose Dam ‎ uestion - Indus Commission with

‎Tributary of Trishuli River
‎Abandoned by China
‎Setup by India & France (HQ - India)
‎All UN Member States are Eligible
‎Observer Status at UNGA
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‎representatives from India & Pakistan
‎Saptakosi Dam Project
‎ ispute Resolution Mechanism (Graded-
D
‎Difference - Neutral Expert (WB)
‎ ollaborations on Energy & Power-
C ‎Mechanism under Article IX)
‎Arun-III Project
‎Transmission
‎Dispute - 7 Member Arbitral Tribunal (WB)
‎West-Seti Project (SR6) ‎MoU with China on Brahmaputra & Sutlej
‎Kosi Treaty (Nepal)
‎Other Treaties
‎Ganges Treaty (Bangladesh)
‎International Solar Alliance
‎Flood Forecasting Network with Bhutan

‎ angchenjunga Conservation Effort & Terai

K ‎ ransboundary Biodiversity Conservation
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‎Arc Landscape ‎Efforts
‎India - Nepal ‎China ‎HAND IN HAND

‎Bangladesh ‎Sampriti, IN-BN CORPAT

‎Himalayan QUAD
‎ adhesi Crisis (Nepal's Increasing Chinese
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‎Ties) ‎Sri Lanka ‎Mitra Shakti
‎Trans-Himalayan Connectivity Network ‎Military Exercises
‎Treaty of Peace & Friendship (1950)
‎Nepal ‎Surya Kiran
‎ minent Persons Group(EPG) suggested
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‎Amendments ‎Myanmar ‎IMBEX

‎Ammonite Fossils ‎Maldives ‎Ekuverin

‎Symbolise Lord Vishnu (Taittriya Upanishad) ‎Shaligram Stones

‎SAARC ‎Mnemonic - MBBS PAIN (** M - Maldives)

‎Kali Gandaki Riverbed
‎Regional Groupings
‎BIMSTEC ‎Mnemonic - BIMSTec NiBu (** M - Myanmar)

‎Geopolitical Hurdles - China & Pakistan ‎Why?

‎Kaladan Multi-Modal Project

‎BBIN MVA ‎Benefits North-East

‎India - Myanmar - Thailand Highway ‎Act - East Policy

‎Indo-Pacific Vision (Shangri La Dialogue)

I‎ndo-Pacific Economic Framework (Economic

‎Bloc - Not an FTA)
‎Initiatives
‎Indo-Pacific Oceans Initiative

‎Mnemonic - MBBS CLIP TV

‎Growing Ties with ASEAN
‎Mekong - Ganga Cooperation (LIMCa TV)